Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner ...

Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams and her fellow three crewmates, including Butch Wilmore, finally touched down on Earth after ...

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

But are we truly the masters of our domain, this little blue planet? And could we really end all life on Earth? What if we dropped every nuke at once? Would that get every bug, including roaches ...

Although the movie’s participants refuse to disclose classified information, some of their statements elicited “audible gasps ...

Down to their very DNA, astronauts’ bodies can change in weird and sometimes significant ways, particularly during a long flight high above the Earth: They start to elongate, often developing a taller ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Whether it's rivers cutting through earth, lava melting through rock, or water slicing through ice, channels all twist and ... Ancient Glaciers Helped Life Evolve Feb. 25, 2025 ...